Don't Let The Sun Go Down While You Are Still Angry
Jesus Came To Give You Abundant Life
EPHESIANS 4:26:27
“”Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, nor give place to the devil.
”Ephesians 4:26-27 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/eph.4.26-27.NKJ
V
Does the bible tell us not to be angry? Of course not! But it does point out that it is very important to handle our anger properly.
If vented thoughtlessly, anger can do extreme damage, hurting others and is very capable of destroying our relationships.
Furthermore, if bottled up inside, it can cause us to become bitter and destroy us from within.
Paul says, we must deal with our anger immediately, in a way that builds relationships rather than destroys them. If we hang on to our anger, nursing and feeding it with exaggerated thoughts and words, we will give the devil opportunity to devide us, and give him a foothold in our lives that will eventually open doors for the devil to demonise and destroy us.
The devil will always attack our mind, particularly our emotions with lies that bring hatred and offence.
He prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour, his aim is to steal, and to kill, and to destroy (JOHN 10:10).
Emotions are not there to bring discernment, but the whispers of the devil cause us do just that so that we believe his lies. He puts in thoughts such as “no one cares”, God doesn’t love me”, my sins are too great”, but the truth is, the devil is a liar and a deceiver. (JOHN 8:44)
Don't allow him to use your anger or situations to open doors that let him in to influence your actions and decisions and eventually destroy you, your loved ones and your faith.
Anger causes uncontrolled shouting and cursing that does so much damage. We can apologise for something we have said, but we cannot un-say it. The damage is done!
That maybe the seed that one day breaks your marriage.
Negative words spoken over one’s self or others are a curse upon one’s self or others; like all curses, they will need breaking. ”Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.“
Proverbs 18:21 NKJV
The uncontrolled tongue is nothing less than witchcraft and opens doors to the devil.
Curses can come from the generations before us and if not broken will continue into the generations to come; they can bring poverty, homelessness, sickness and cancers, they can stop couples baring children, and even break marriages or cause people to remain single throughout their lives.
Therefore, my beloved, take every thought captive and bring them to the obedience of Christ. ”For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled.“
II Corinthians 10:3-6 NKJV
Are you angry with someone right now? What can you do to resolve your differences?
Stop fueling your anger with wrong thoughts, and guard your tongue.
“So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.“
James 1:19-20 NKJV
My beloved, begin to work on mending your relationship before the day ends, don’t allow the sun to go down on your anger, for like a cancer it shall grow, and like any cancer, can bring forth death.
“Therefore, putting away lying, “Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,” for we are members of one another. “Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, nor give place to the devil. Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need. Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.”
Ephesians 4:25-32 NKJV
My beloved, does it feel like your life is cursed? Are you going round the same roundabout of poverty, lack, dependency, health issues, depression and such as these?
Jesus paid it all and you can be set free from such. For “He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.”
Isaiah 53:3-6 NKJV
My brethren, you do not have to accept the devil’s bondage; come to Jesus and be set free. He paid a very high price for Your freedom and all you need do is believe and walk in that truth.
“Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.“
James 4:7 NKJV
Jesus said, ”The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.“
John 10:10 NKJV
He was and still is speaking to you.
“Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.”
John 8:36 NKJV
All glory to God forever and ever! Amen.
